ONE UNIT, ONE LIFE: LABS ROLE IN SAFEGUARDING BLOOD SUPPLY
Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Facilitator: Remian Diagnostics Limited
Speaker: LAWRENCE GITONGA
Moderator: Jemimah Mulwa
Behind every unit of blood lies a single chance at life and between that donation and that life stands the laboratory. In transfusion science, there is no room for error, because one unit, if unsafe, can end a life, and if safe, can save one. This webinar, "ONE UNIT, ONE LIFE: Lab's Role in Safeguarding Blood Supply," explores the critical, often unseen responsibility of laboratory professionals as the ultimate guardians of transfusion safety from rigorous donor screening and infectious disease testing, to accurate grouping, crossmatching, cold-chain integrity, and hemovigilance. Join us as we reaffirm that safeguarding the blood supply is not just a technical process, but a moral commitment where laboratory excellence becomes clinical survival.